exes

1. pluralplural of ex

   It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.

   1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of ex

alternative exis

1. costermongersThe number six.

   1 more example

   The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.

   1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17

2. gamblingOdds of six to one.

1. colloquialpluralplural onlyExpenses.

   ‘I have offered to pay her ex's myself.’

   1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter III, in The Good Soldier […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC

   2 more examples

   Subs at the Star even had their own monthly exes (expenses), and we never even left the office. We got exes for our home phone calls and even our own supply of daily newspapers; in our view, most reporters made their exes up.

   2012, Jeff Connor, Field of Fire

   The news-booze axis was reinforced by the fact that most of the meals and drinks were covered by 'exes' — expenses. […] One day perhaps there will be Freedom of Information on newspapers (and judges) and we shall be surprised at what is claimed as exes.

   2014, Denis MacShane, Prison Diaries

1. pluralplural of exe

1. pluralplural of EXE

1. Alternative letter-case form of exes.